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<DT><A name="XCGI" id="XCGI"></A><B>Common Gateway Interface</B></DT>
<DT>(CGI)</DT>
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<P><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">CGI</I></SPAN> defines how web servers interact with an external program in order to generate dynamic content. Such programs can be written in any programming language including C, Perl and PHP.</P>
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<DT><A name="XHOSTNAME" id="XHOSTNAME"></A><B>Host Name</B></DT>
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<P>Each computer on a <A href="glossary.html#XTCPIP"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP/IP</I></SPAN></A> network has usually one or more <SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">host names</I></SPAN>. Networking software transparently translates them to <A href="glossary.html#XTCP"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">IP Addresses</I></SPAN></A> for internal use.</P>
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<DT><A name="XHTML" id="XHTML"></A><B>HyperText Markup Language</B></DT>
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<P><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">HTML</I></SPAN> is a markup language used to describe web pages.</P>
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<DT><A name="XHTTP" id="XHTTP"></A><B>HyperText Transfer Protocol</B></DT>
<DT>(HTTP)</DT>
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<P><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">HTTP</I></SPAN> defines how browsers and web servers communicate over a <A href="glossary.html#XTCPIP"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP/IP</I></SPAN></A> network.</P>
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<DT><A name="XIP" id="XIP"></A><B>Internet Protocol</B></DT>
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<P><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">IP</I></SPAN> is a low level networking protocol. It defines how computers can exchange messages over a network. <SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">IP</I></SPAN> is usually used in conjunction with <A href="glossary.html#XTCP"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP</I></SPAN></A>, a higher-level protocol.</P>
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<DT><A name="XIPADDRESS" id="XIPADDRESS"></A><B>IP Address</B></DT>
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<P>An <SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">IP Address</I></SPAN> is a unique identifier for a computer connected to a <A href="glossary.html#XTCPIP"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP/IP</I></SPAN></A> network. It is made of four numbers separated by dots. Each number is between 0 and 255.</P>
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<DT><A name="XSSI" id="XSSI"></A><B>eXtended Server Side Includes</B></DT>
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<P><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">XSSI</I></SPAN> are a set of directives that can be included in <A href="glossary.html#XHTML"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">HTML</I></SPAN></A> pages and processed by the web server to create simple dynamic documents.</P>
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<DT><A name="XTCP" id="XTCP"></A><B>Transport Control Protocol</B></DT>
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<P><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP</I></SPAN> is a high level networking protocol. It allows establishment of virtual connections between computers to send and receive data streams. <SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP</I></SPAN> relies on <A href="glossary.html#XIP"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">IP</I></SPAN></A>.</P>
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<DT><A name="XTCPIP" id="XTCPIP"></A><B>TCP/IP</B></DT>
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<P><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP/IP</I></SPAN> is a protocol suite developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for communications between computers. It has become the de facto standard for data transmission over networks, including the Internet. <A href="glossary.html#XTCP"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP</I></SPAN></A> and <A href="glossary.html#XIP"><SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">IP</I></SPAN></A> are the main protocols of <SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">TCP/IP</I></SPAN>.</P>
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<DT><A name="XURL" id="XURL"></A><B>Universal Resource Locator</B></DT>
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<P>An <SPAN class="emphasis"><I class="EMPHASIS">URL</I></SPAN> is the address of a document or a resource available on the Internet.</P>
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